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Change BGcolor of table cell

Hi All

I'm trying to change the background colour of a table cell (or layer - wotever) according to the figure entered into a text input. The idea is for a user to type in a hexadecimal colour code (eg. #ffffff) and see a preview of that colour in a box. The box is currently defined by a small table but this could be anything. The code I've currently got is this: